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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bird does Thoreau contemplate keeping merely for his music?
(a) A crow.
(b) A canary.
(c) A rooster.
(d) A screech owl.

2. Who exerted an influence on mankind more than kings and emperors?
(a) Authors.
(b) Musicians.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Priests.

3. What birds does Thoreau hear regularly during the summer at 7:30pm?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Doves.
(c) Whip-poor-wills.
(d) Nightingales.

4. Which animal is one of "Nature's Watchmen"?
(a) Bullfrog.
(b) Cat.
(c) Fox.
(d) Owl.

5. What does Thoreau follow all the way into town?
(a) A river.
(b) The railroad.
(c) Road signs.
(d) A wooded path.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Be it life or death, we crave only..."

2. Where does Thoreau believe intellectual societies are confined?

3. Thoreau states his residence at Walden was more favorable to thought and serious reading than what institution?

4. Of what do the smells from the train remind Thoreau?

5. "The adventurous student will always study..."

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